The longtimeTrump friend, accused of lying to Congress in the Mueller probe, is told to abide by gag order and explain himself again to the judge.
By Spencer S. Hsu Spencer S. Hsu Investigative reporter Email Bio Follow March 5 at 3:13 PM Attorneys for Roger Stone withheld or misrepresented plans for his new book criticizing special counsel Robert S. Mueller III in violation of a gag order in his case, a federal judge found Tuesday, warning that any “costs or consequences” that result are solely his responsibility.
As part of her order, the judge also said she was left with an impression Stone may have been using her docket to gin up publicity for his book. Jackson dismissed that reasoning, saying it is undisputed that the order barred all public statements by Stone about the investigation.“It does not matter when the defendant may have first formulated the opinions expressed, or when he first put them into words: he may no longer share his views on these particular subjects with the world,” Jackson said.
In the filing, Stone’s lawyers wrote that they were flagging the upcoming book out of an “abundance of caution” given the gag order. But Jackson wrote Tuesday that since the book already was out before the filing was made, it “gives rise to the impression” that the March 1 motion “was intended to serve as a means to generate additional publicity for the book.”
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